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GGC launches partnership for credits from palm oil
Business, Yuthana Praiwan, Published on 09/02/2026
» Global Green Chemicals Plc (GGC), the biochemical arm of PTT Global Chemical Plc, has partnered with Thaicom Plc and the Thailand Greenhouse Gas Management Organization (TGO) to launch a pilot smart palm oil farming project aimed at supporting Thailand's 2050 net-zero target.
Government gets tough on CO2
Business, Yuthana Praiwan, Published on 02/04/2024
» Thailand is expected to start enforcing a new law outlining measures to reduce carbon dioxide emissions within this year, helping the state and business sectors better deal with climate change, says Rachata Phisitbanakorn, assistant to the natural resources and environment minister.
'Bangkok Post' honours exceptional women
News, Yuthana Praiwan, Published on 08/03/2023
» To mark International Women's Day today, 12 extraordinary personalities have been named as the Bangkok Post's Women of the Year.
PTT sets out stance on Myanmar after fund exit
Business, Yuthana Praiwan, Published on 23/12/2022
» PTT Group has clarified its stance on Myanmar, after a major investment fund decided to divest shares of PTT Plc and its subsidiary PTT Oil and Retail Business Plc (OR), which is operating a petroleum business in the country.
Laos dam leaks normal, says Thai partner
Yuthana Praiwan, Published on 18/07/2022
» Reported leaks at the sides of the Nam Theun 1 Hydropower dam under construction in Laos were not a cause for concern and were normal when a dam began storing water, Electricity Generating Plc president Thepparat Theppitak said on Monday.
IRPC halves 5-year capex plan as demand slumps
Business, Yuthana Praiwan, Published on 11/05/2020
» IRPC Plc, the petrochemical arm of PTT Plc, plans to halve its 68.1 billion baht in budgeted capital expenditure (capex) over the next five years (2020-24) in line with falling global demand for polymers as a result of the coronavirus pandemic.
Euro 5 upgrade delayed a year
Business, Yuthana Praiwan, Published on 17/04/2019
» Environment and energy policymakers are likely to postpone the schedule for the mandatory upgrade from Euro 4 to Euro 5 standards by another year because many stakeholders are not ready, says the chief of the Energy Business Department.
Egat faces competition in bids to operate large power plants
Business, Yuthana Praiwan, Published on 11/12/2018
» Thailand's power-generating capacity will be deregulated in the near future, meaning the state-run Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (Egat) must compete with private firms at auctions for new large power plants, according to the tentative national power development plan (PDP).
Call for further power plants
Business, Yuthana Praiwan, Published on 03/10/2018
» Business operators have high expectations that the country's energy policymakers will soon open licence granting for waste-to-energy power plants with a combined capacity of 300 megawatts.
Developers getting on conservation train
Business, Yuthana Praiwan, Published on 09/05/2018
» Many new building projects are ready to comply with the novel building energy code (BEC), effective from mid-2018, with energy policymakers announcing that 67 new buildings in Bangkok will serve as pilot projects for these regulations.